College coeds, rejoice!
After months of deadlines, exams, snow and sub-zero temperatures, Spring Break is finally here!
As many of us know it, may seem like nothing more than a modern, uncivilized tradition -- but this rowdy rite of passage has a surprisingly long and storied history.
From an ambitious swim coach's spring training trip to today's week-long party complete with bathing suits, bad behavior and booze, click through the timeline above for a brief chronology of spring break in the United States.
Shifting from Past to Present
Travelocity [13] just released its annual spring break travel data, which indicates a 14.7% increase in domestic spring break travel over last year.
From Mexico to Maui, here are this year's top 10 Spring Break destinations for US college students:
While domestic travel is up this year, international airfare for spring break has been flat year-over-year (.1% decrease). However, if international spring break destinations are broken out from the rest of Travelocity's spring break travel data, trends begin to emerge.
Below is a chart depicting the top ten trending international spring break destinations -- and don't let the illustration fool you, the lower the number/line, the higher the rank!
